Because sample hunting is a long, tedious job in which you have even less control. As you get better and faster at things, searching through your sample library becomes much more of a chore than initially, since you know that you can get it as good as you want it yourself much faster and at least in a definite amount of time.sockofgold wrote:I'm just kind of curious why you don't just get over your pride and use drum samples? Chances are, any sample you make from scratch will sound like one that is already made. It will save you a lot of time and let you get back to making actual music. I know it's a good feeling to be able to say, "I made every sample from scratch," but, at the end of the day, your listeners don't care. All they care about is if the song is good.
Off course, with drums you would be using samples anyway, even whole chopped up breakbeats, at least in the type of music I make (breakbeat), but still adjusting samples by layering with some common elements, EQing and compressing them to suit your need leaves you more creative freedom (i.e. you can go with something whose character you like as oposed to a sound that will fit into what you have in the easiest way).